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ACRONYCTA. 
Acronicta, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Europ. iv. p. 62 (1816). 
Acronycta, Treitschke, Schmett. Europ. v. 1, p. 3 (1825) ; Walker, Cat. ix. p. 40. 
Acronycta is represented in our country by two species, one from Mexico, the other 
from the Los Altos region of Guatemala. A large number of species inhabit North 
America, and the genus is also common to Europe and Africa. 
1. Acronycta dolens, sp.n. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 7.) 
Primaries dull greyish-black speckled with grey, a greyish spot at the end of the cell, two waved greyish 
marginal lines extending from the apex to the anal angle, and a greyish patch on the middle of the inner 
margin, the latter crossed by several indistinct black waved lines; secondaries white, shaded with brown 
along the costal margin to the apex, and from the apex to the anal angle narrowly bordered with blackish- 
brown ; the underside of both wings silky-white, each shaded with brownish-black along the costal margin, 
a very distinct discal spot on the secondaries black: head, thorax, and abdomen greyish-brown; antennxe 
dark brown. Expanse 1? inch. 
Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Hége). 
One specimen. A. dolens is closely allied to the European A. megacephala, but is 
considerably darker in colour. 
2. Acronycta dedala, sp.n. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 8.) 
Primaries dull mouse-colour, crossed near the base from the costal margin to the inner margin by two indistinct 
waved narrow black lines; secondaries mouse-colour, palest at the base, the fringe white: head, thorax, 
and abdomen mouse-colour ; antenne and legs brownish. Expanse 14 inch. 
Hab. Guatemata, Quezaltenango 7800 feet (Champion). 
One specimen only of this dull-coloured species has been received. 
Subfam. LEUCANIINA. 
LEUCANIA. 
Leucania, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Europ. iv. p. 81 (1816); Walker, Cat. ix. p. 79. 
In Walker’s Catalogue eighty-eight species are included in this widely-distributed 
genus, and many others have since been described. We have as yet only received six 
species from Central America; one or two, however, of these appear to be common and 
widely distributed. 
1. Leucania unipuncta. 
Noctua unipuncta, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1803)'. 
Heliophila unipuncta, Grote, List of North-American Moths, p. 30 (1882)’. 
Leucania extranea, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. v. p. 773; Walk. Cat. ix. p. 93°. 
Hab. Norta America’, Georgia, Florida 3X—-Muxico, Milpas in Durango 5900 feet 
(forrer), Cuernavaca in Morelos (H. H. Smith), Mexico city (Hége) ; Costa Rica, Volcan 
de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet, Rio Sucio (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 
6000 feet (Champion).—CoLoMBIA?; VENEZUELA4; BraziL ?.—ENG@LAND }, 
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